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cies figured in the “ Planches coloriees,” C. monacha, 
and C. porphyrio, the C. cyano-virens of Lesson also 
belongs to it. To the other groups, of which C. mag- 
uifica, Temm., and Columba (Enea, Lath., may be 
taken as typical examples, we have given provisionally 
the name of Carpophaga, as indicative 
of the fruits upon which they subsist. 
In the genus Ptilinopus, as thus re- 
stricted, and which, in conjunction with 
Carpophaga, seems to connect Vi- 
nago or Thick-hooked-hilled Pigeons, 
with the typical Columbidae, the bill 
is comparatively slender, the base 
slightly depressed, and the soft cover- 
ing of the nostrils not much ai-ched 
or swollen ; the tip though hard is little 
iiiflated, with a gentle curvature ; the 
forehead is rather low and depressed, 
the legs are short but strong, the tarsi 
clothed with feathers nearly to the divi- 
sion of tlie toes ; the feet are calculated 
for grasping, and are similar in form 
to those of Yinago, the sides of the 
toes being enlarged by the extension of 
the lateral ineihbrane, and the outer 
longer than the inner one ; the wings 
are strong and of moderate length, the 
first quill-feather considerably shorter 
than the second, and suddenly narrowed 
towards the tip, a peculiarity also pos- 
